chinese coffee

Director: al pacino

Actor: al pacino,jerry orbach,susan floyd,ellen mcelduff

Data Published: Sat Sep 02 2000

Genres: Drama

Key Words: writer,friendship,doorman,jealousy,reference to william shakespeare

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118852/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Coffee

Description: Chinese Coffee is a movie starring Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, and Susan Floyd. Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.

Plot: Harry Levine (Pacino) is a struggling writer (barely) ekeing out a living as a doorman—that is, until he is fired. Desperate for money, he pays a visit to his friend Jake Manheim (Orbach), an arts photographer, to collect an old debt. After Jake says he does not have the money, the two engage in an all-night conversation about their respective art, past and present loves, and the directions their lives are heading. The play and film are set in Greenwich Village circa 1982.